Give your favorite room a fabulous face lift.

Updating your kitchen can be an expensive project... or not. Investing the minimum doesn't mean you won't get a great result. Paint offers maximum impact for low cost, especially if you make it a DIY endeavor. It can be applied to almost any surface - including countertops! Read on for ideas on how to use paint to your advantage in the kitchen.

For many of us, the kitchen is the heart of the home – it’s the place where we cook, where we gather to eat and where we choose to entertain. It can often do double-duty as a playroom, dining room, laundry, home office and more. Therefore, it’s no surprise that kitchens often show wear and tear quickly.

Thankfully, creating a new look in your kitchen doesn’t mean you need to start again from scratch. Transformations can often be quick and simple – and most need next-to-no tools. We’re talking low mess, low fuss, and maximum impact.

To get you inspired, here are our top tips to inject a breath of fresh air into your kitchen. They’re easy projects that can be completed start to finish in a couple of hours at most. So grab your supplies, let’s get started!

Fireplace Design Ideas

Particularly as the weather begins to cool off for many of us around the globe, as we approach Fall and Winter seasons, our fireplaces might begin to see a little more use. If we’re going to use them, why not make them as beautiful as they are functional?!

Stunning corner fireplace design

Here are wood fireplaces columbus, oh ideas to inspire and motivate you. Any of these would really make your fireplace a place to gather…for more reasons than just warmth.

Corner fireplace

Got a floating wall that needs some presence? Install a gorgeous two-sided contemporary fireplace on the wall’s end. This will increase the impact of your fireplace because you can enjoy the fire from multiple angles, plus it just creates a natural draw into the room itself.

Framing trim.

Install trim around your fireplace that frames the fireplace itself. We love this tiered trimming concept, done in all white like the rest of the room’s walls, as an accentuation of the fireplace itself. Classic and clean architectural detail that packs a punch.

Chunky wood mantel

Fireplaces themselves can’t be made of wood…for obvious reasons. But that doesn’t mean this warm natural material should be avoided altogether. In this stunning fireplace setting, for example, a chunky wood mantel and equally substantial corbels bring warmth and provide a distinct separation between the mantel face and the upper wall.

Fireplace simplified

One fireplace idea that goes against the tide is a beautiful incorporation of backwards thinking. Rather than do anything at all to the fireplace, you could create a similar stunning effect by focusing your efforts on the walls behind and surrounding the fireplace. A simple white fireplace surround, for example, looks awesome against a wood-planked wall.

Simple marble surround.

The simplicity of a contemporary marble surround, with smooth surfaces and clean angles and lines, will make the fireplace the first thing everyone will notice when they come into your living room. We like the contrast of white surround with a colored wall.